Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#5 of the day: GRAVITAS We trust these scholarly citations will suffice to vest the profession of tea selling with some gravitas in your mind and that you will not mix up what Modi and tea selling stand for. [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: Jan 21, 2014)]. Gravitas refers to the quality of being serious (as in a persons bearing or in the treatment of a subject). Obviously related to the word gravity, which (apart from the its widely known scientific meaning) means dignity or sobriety of bearing, ‘gravitas’ is generally used for persons’ dignity, influence or presence and refers to the seriousness, solemnity, or importance of something or somebody.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:00:00 +0000